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HEIF – High Efficiency Image File Format

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Re: HEIF – High Efficiency Image File Format

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Post by strngtn »

jpap wrote: post #120
niutech wrote: post #118

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TIFF and Exif (which JPEG is based on) are not tied to any particular codec and are extensible, so HEIF is not a game changer. BTW: Did you know that you can embed LPCM/μ-Law PCM/ADPCM audio data in JPEG/Exif?

> TIFF and Exif (which JPEG is based on) are not tied to any particular codec and are extensible, so HEIF is not a game changer. TIFF is a great format but its ability for extensibility is limited. You can't readily contain in a video track in addition to a photo, or a burst sequence that utilizes intra-frame prediction. > BTW: Did you know that you can embed LPCM/μ-Law PCM/ADPCM audio data in JPEG/Exif? Yes; I once…

That should be very high requirement, even more than video. Why not just rename it to vedio? We just need an image, not a video that called image.

Re: HEIF – High Efficiency Image File Format

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Post by throwasehasdwi »

pornel wrote: post #60
throwasehasdwi wrote: post #58

Nokia owns several HEVC patents, in fact I think they're currently suing apple about it. This is a veiled attempt to get everyone to use their patented tech so we can relive the mp3/mp4 clusterfuck. You would be a fool to use this for anything. What's so bad about WebP? It's not the best thing in the universe but it beats JPEG and PNG and has a wide support base. With a shim it has native support in most browsers any…

> What's so bad about WebP? WebP is based on VP8, which is now obsolete. It was meant to be a H.264 competitor, a generation behind H.265 and VP9/VP10. WebP compression efficiency is much closer to JPEG than H.265. This format beats WebP by a margin wider than WebP was smaller than JPEG.

Most devices still encode and decode far more H264 and JPEG than newer generations. We shouldn't be stuck with the horse and buggy because we're waiting for cars to be autonomous. WebP is superior to JPEG and the most widely available alternative.
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